Jared Huffman calls for last year’s salmon relief funds to be expedited
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman co-sent a letter to federal administrators on Tuesday calling for disaster relief funding to be allocated quicker for the state’s salmon fishery closure in 2023. A year later and no disaster funds have been distributed, and fishermen face another closed season. … Historically, federal disaster aid for fishing disasters has taken years to reach the pockets of fishermen. The season was closed this year, the fourth in California’s history, for largely the same conditions in 2023: low salmon counts. In press releases, the Golden State Salmon Association cited the failure of water management to keep fish eggs in 2021 and 2020 cool, while the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pointed to the multi-year drought conditions the now adult fish were reared under.
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